West Willow

Accessing the mountains where there's enough snow to recreate on is becoming a pretty big undertaking. Most trailhead elevations are below the point where consistent snow coverage starts. Once you reach above that, northerly facing terrain in particular is hanging on to snow. We reached the highest peak in the zone and did not find any snow that was dry, even in sheltered treed areas. 

None observed.

After many freeze-thaw cycles, the snowpack has evolved to what you would expect in the spring. At 6,300 feet on a northeast aspect, we found moist snow 130cm down, which was the deepest we dug. The top 2 feet of the snowpack was made up of large, saturated grains. The upper 10cm softened by midday as the sun warmed the surface.

Despite the snow melting rapidly below tree line, snowpack depths increase around 6,000 feet. Leeward ridges at middle and upper elevations are still holding on to over 7 feet of snow.